[ akutagawa is becoming surprised with himself. this is the closest thing to helpful and reassuring he's been to anyone in his entire miserable life. granted, he's not doing the best job, and if it were anyone but an apparent serial killer then his words would be extremely useless, but hey. a win's a win.

he turns his nose up for a moment, unable to go more than a few minutes without being a condescending dick, even in the face of this crazy kid's underlying unease.]

Of course you'll be no good. You don't write yet. Talent is useless without practice, so after you actually take up the pen and begin producing works, then you can worry about whether you're good or not.